Nine Hundred and Thirteen: It Seems that You Are Too Confident

Before the 2001-02 season, the NBA Player of the Month was not divided into east and west.

In other words, at that time, only the best player of the month would be born each month, instead of the two now. The entire season only has the best seats for 6 months.

Therefore, in that era, it was very difficult to win the best film of the month for two consecutive months.

Even if you can win the best of the month twice in a single season, it will be extremely difficult.

Three best months in a single season? That is simply an impossible task.

Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing and other "big players" of the Month in the 1990s have never achieved the achievement of winning Player of the Month three times in a single season.

Under the selection rules that do not distinguish between Eastern and Western teams, only the peak "Shark" has accomplished the miracle of winning the next month's best three times in a single season.

At the beginning of the 2001-02 season, the selection of Player of the Month began to be divided into Eastern and Western divisions, and the number of Best Player seats each month also increased from 6 to 12.

As a result, winning the Best of the Month three times in a single season seems to be less difficult.

Since the 2001-02 season, Garnett, Kobe and James have all won three or more Best of the Month awards in a single season.

The most ruthless one is undoubtedly James in the 2009-10 season. That year he became the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for four consecutive months. It seems as if the entire Eastern Conference is revolving around James.

Although it is now easier than before to win three Best of the Month awards in a single season, with all calculations, there are only four stars in NBA history who can do this.

And these four guys are undoubtedly future Hall of Fame players.

In other words, if Link wins the Best of the Month again in January, he will be as famous as the above four people!

And in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, no one has ever been able to win the Player of the Month for three consecutive months.

There are too many strong players in the Western Conference. Take this season as an example. None of the top eight teams in the Western Conference is easy to mess with. And in these teams that are not easy to mess with, there is usually a star player with outstanding personal abilities.

For example, James Harden of the Houston Rockets!

"Best of the month? Of course I crave it! In fact,

I'm working hard on this too. So far in my career, I have never received the honor of Player of the Month. I very much hope to break this embarrassing record this season. "

In a courtside interview after the Rockets' victory over the Thunder, Harden did not shy away from expressing his determination to win the Player of the Month award.

Now, the January schedule is halfway through. Currently, the two players who have the best chance of winning the Best of the Month award are Link and Harden.

Curry's data in January showed slight fluctuations, and the Warriors also lost several key battles and were already far behind Harden and Link.

The personal performance of others is completely incomparable to Link and Harden.

If nothing happens in the second half of the month, then January's Best of the Month will basically be Harden or Link.

The next day, reporters also interviewed Link, the other protagonist in the incident.

Unlike the highly motivated Harden, Link was not too excited when faced with the honor of being the best player of the month.

"Best of the Month? To be honest, I didn't think about it. The only thing I think about now is to continue the Grizzlies' winning streak. For me, winning is the most important thing."

Link did not say that he must compete with Harden and break the situation where no one in the Western Conference can win three consecutive best games.

His desire for this matter is obviously much weaker than Harden's.

Harden has never won Player of the Month in his career, but after all, Link won Player of the Month in his rookie year...

This honor was nothing new to Link.

What's more, the Grizzlies' lineup is relatively complete compared to the beginning of the season, and Link doesn't need to do everything.

Therefore, the data will definitely not be as gorgeous as the previous two months.

Seeing that Link didn't seem to care about this matter, Harden worked hard to prepare for a big fight.

The first Best of the Month seems to be around the corner!

In the remaining games in January, James Harden was at his best.

Although the Rockets lost against the Warriors on January 17, Harden's 23 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists were still very eye-catching.

On the 19th, they played against the Trail Blazers without George. The Rockets defeated their opponents by 12 points. Harden scored 45 points in this game!

After the game, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said bluntly, "James Harden has performed at an MVP level this season!"

On January 21, the Rockets lost to the Warriors for the second time in five days. But soon on January 23, Harden used 33 points, 10 assists and 3 steals, plus a mid-range shot in the last 1.3 seconds to defeat the stubbornly resistant Phoenix Suns!

A game of 45 points and a game-winner made Harden's call for the best of the month even louder.

News about this bearded man was everywhere, and the popularity even overshadowed Link's!

Now, everyone knows that Harden is going for the Best of the Month award. Everyone believes that Harden's performance is unmatched.

Even Harden himself thinks so.

In the remaining four games in January, Harden continued his efforts and played very well.

Playing against the Lakers on January 25, Harden scored 37 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and played another game with a shooting rate of over 60%.

Playing against the Mavericks on January 28, Harden did not give any face to his former teammate Chandler Parsons.

In the whole game, Harden scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. At first glance, Harden's data seems to have dropped sharply, but his 61.5% shooting rate is a season high!

In the past, people complained about Harden's ability to play tricks and his extremely unstable performance.

But now, Harden has silenced everyone with two consecutive big wins with a shooting percentage of 60%.

At the same time, it also proved that he indeed has the ability to compete for the best of the month.

On January 30, the Rockets VS Celtics, Harden made only 4 of 21 shots and only scored 14 points.

But it’s generally accepted that a poor performance once in a while doesn’t hurt. Overall, Harden's performance in January was still quite amazing.

And the next day, in back-to-back games against the Pistons, Harden was also very confident in winning a victory for himself.

Facing the defense of second-year Pistons guard Caldwell-Pope, Harden only took 17 shots in the game and hit 10 of them!

The data of 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists also allowed Harden to completely break the controversy.

At this point, the Rockets' games in January are over. The moment the game ended, ESPN immediately displayed Harden's January data at the bottom of the screen.

Harden averaged 25.8 points, 6.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 17 games in January, plus 2.2 steals, and led the Rockets to an 11-6 record.

During this period, Harden scored at least 30 points in 8 games. In the game against the Indiana Pacers on January 20, Harden scored 45 points and 7 assists. After that, in an away game against the Suns on January 24, Harden scored 33 points and 10 assists, and made a mid-range shot.

He was extremely confident, and he believed that the Best of the Month award was already within his reach.

In an interview with reporters after the game, Harden said confidently, "I finally broke the Rockets' embarrassment that no player has won the best player of the month since 2008!"

Although the best result of the month will not be announced until two days later, Harden has already put the "crown" on his head!

After returning to the locker room, Harden happily checked Link's statistics for January. Link basically didn't make any big news this month. He didn't score 60 points in a single game and didn't have consecutive triple-doubles.

Harden thought to himself that Link's performance should be quite mediocre.

As a result, when Big Beard saw Link's statistics in January and the Grizzlies' wins, he completely shut himself down.

Harden suddenly realized that he seemed to be a little overconfident...

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